Could anyone tell me where the best place to get a jdm motor is? I have heard good and bad things about some of the places and i figured i would see if anyone knew or had actually used some of these places before. All the help and suggestions would be awesome.

 

whats so good about a JDM motor?

 

its the only complete motor i can find its just about my only option unfortunatly

 

Thats true. People around here rape you on parts for engines. I would like to get one too with the tranny attatched. It's just a pain collecting all the parts, when you can just get them all at once.

 

thats me position. im hoping to find someone that has used a company before because i am afraid i will get ripped off somewhere. thats my luck

 

its a distance from you, but i used jdm importers inc in richardson tx It was local for me so i saved on shipping, the motor turned out to be in great condition, approximately 35k miles on it for 1300! I've also heard great things about japan2la here on the forums, but you pay a premium for the confidence in his product, something like 1900 plus shipping

 

thanks thats really helpful. Did you use the harness and ecu that came with your engine or did you have to find another?

 

I bought mine from corksport just about 2 years ago. If you are set on "jdm". Contact ATKINSROTARY.COM or JAPAN2LA on the forums. I am suprised he hasnt shot you a pm.

I have not heard one complaint about either. Research some of the risks involved with a jdm engine, though. Good initial compression doesnt mean years of trouble free service.

Weigh out the benifits of rebuilding and turboing or just turboing your 6 port engine vs. the price of a jdm swap.

Make lists of alternatives after mucho researcho.

you use your harness with a turbo u.s. spec ecu.

john ny

 

everyone i talked to said to go with the N370 USDM ECU for the S5 JDM Motor...
they also laughed and said "good luck finding one"

It didnt take me long to find one but i got lucky, picked it up for 200

 

what's your budget?

 

My budget is about $4500. Where can you usually find an n370?

 

What are your power goals with 4,500 and are you personally going to be doing the swap?

john ny

 

just what i need to get it running honestly haha. Yea i'm going to do it myself

 

with 4500, doing the work yourself, you should be able to have a beast of a TII swap.. T2 Motor Full T2 Drivetrain, 720 secondaries, front mount inercooler, exhaust, and maybe... maybe enough for upgraded turbo (if you find good deals on everything) you could expect to get power around 250 rwhp.. keep us updated.

 

yea the only problem is i need to find an engine or a reliable jspec company to get one from. i just dont trust my luck haha.

 

Atkinsrotary.com or japan2la on the forums IS ******* IT.

You will luck into something 3% of the time with some of these honda **** importers, but the other 97% of the time we have to hear people complain about "my NEW engine (out of series usually) with no compression".

john ny

 

You can try G- Speed in Torrance. Talk to Ken G.
Thanks Robert

 

I haven't heard of them. Plus they dont stock either s4 or s5 engines according to their website.

john ny

 

The general consensus is Atkins, or Japan2LA, thats the advice your going to get on the forum... Thats all the advice i got, but i gambled and went with who i went with, maybe i got lucky who knows, BUT the main driving factor for me was the importer was local and i could actually see the motor before i purchased, in the end the decision is yours.

 

I was assuming you were going to have it shipped. Yes. Spectrum makes a lot of sense regarding you going to inspect your engine. That is definately as good as the quality of the engine.

john ny

 

yea i will have to have it shipped because there is nowhere near this place that imports them. i will try atkins and japan2la thanks for the help guys